India's hidden urban mines are going to landfills: Why e-waste needs a second life
As smartphones, laptops, televisions, electric vehicles, and household appliances become an integral part of modern life, electronic waste (e-waste) is emerging as one of the world's fastest-growing waste streams. Yet, every discarded electronic device contains more than just obsolete technology—it...
Coal-heavy Australian aluminium vs renewables-led New Zealand: How Oceania is balancing decarbonisation
Oceania’s primary aluminium industry is facing a fragmented energy transition. While Australia, the leading aluminium producer of the continent, has abundant renewable resources and a well-established aluminium value chain, its smelters remain significantly more dependent on fossil-fuel-based...
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EMAL joins Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group
Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) has joined the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group (ADSG) in its efforts to integrate sustainability into the Emirate's economic and social development programmes. EMAL qualified as a member of the ADSG - established by the Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi, with the support of the...
BMW joins the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative
BMW announced their inclusion into the ASI or Aluminium Stewardship Initiative. The ASI was founded back in September of 2012 as an aluminium value chain initiative. A bunch of smart people got together to create a standard for how aluminium is mined, manufactured and recycled and there hope is...
DUBAL invests in Dubai's first Solar Park
Being an extremely electricity-intensive industry, a continuous supply of energy is critical for business continuity at Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL) - the entirely state-owned corporation that operates the world's largest single-site primary aluminium smelter using pre-bake anode technology. Although...
TDK introduces two new EPCOS aluminum electrolytic capacitors
TDK Corporation, a provider of passive components and magnetic application products, has introduced two new 105 degree Celsius snap-in series of EPCOS aluminum electrolytic capacitors with a very high ripple current capability and a longer useful life. The latter is 5,000h for the B43545 series....
Alumnus Creates World’s First 100% Recycled Aluminium Bikes
One Penn State alumnus has started something quite revolutionary — a company that manufactures and sells bikes made from 100 percent recyclable materials. Bryce Edmonds, a 1990 graduate in English Literature, started the Los Angeles based company “ReCycle” last summer, which uses eco-friendly...
Constellium achieves ISO 50001 certification at its German facilities
Constellium's industrial sites in Burg, Crailsheim, Landau and Singen, Germany, have passed successfully the ISO 50001 energy management system certification audit conducted by DEKRA and DQS, two certification bodies reputed worldwide. This important achievement is representative of the company's...
Hydro CEO talks about the aluminium market scenerio at ARABAL
Norsk Hydro’s CEO Svein Richard Brandtzaeg, speaking in an opening address at the 16th Arabal Conference and Exhibition in Doha, Qatar, spoke of an aluminium industry with a big dilemma. Aluminium, he said, has experienced the highest growth but it lags behind on price because demand has fallen...
Alcoa to Sell Tapoco Project
Aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. (AA) announced the sale of its 378-megawatt Tapoco Hydroelectric Project to Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners, a Canadian company engaged in operating renewable energy platforms worldwide. Tapoco is a four-station hydroelectric project located on the Little Tennessee...
Vishay Intertechnology Introduces Snap-in Power Aluminum Capacitors
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. today announced a new series of snap-in power aluminum capacitors with a rated voltage of 500 V at 50 °C and a category voltage of 450 V at 105 °C. Targeted at solar applications, where the highest voltage is present under no load conditions, the 193 PUR-SI Solar...
Flexibe Aluminum Powerline ALU Cable launched
Manufacturing components for the wind turbine industry have certainly come along way. With cost and efficiency driving concerns to the customer, manufactures have had to raise the bar to stay competitive. Hi Tech Controls is carying a new Flexible Aluminum POWERLINE ALU. This diesel locomotive...
Søral secures power supply for continued operation
Sør-Norge Aluminium (Søral) primary aluminium plant in Norway has signed electricity contracts with Agder Energi, Lyse, Statkraft and Hydro for the long-term annual supply of up to 2.6 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity in Norway over an eight-year period, starting in 2013. "We are pleased that...
Heavy industries in Australia to profit from the Renewable Energy Target
Analysis by Climate Spectator reveals that energy intensive industries will end up saving money on their electricity bills as a direct result of the renewable energy target. This is due to a combination of large exemptions from the cost of the RET for these industries, combined with the effect of...
Alcoa and U.S. Department of Energy commissions the modernization project at the Cheoah hydroelectric dam
Alcoa and U.S. Department of Energy officials yesterday commissioned the $110 million modernization project at Cheoah Dam in Robbinsville, NC, one of four hydroelectric dams that make up Alcoa Power Generating Inc.'s Tapoco Project. The modernization effort has increased the dam's efficiency and...
Alcoa's Sardinian aluminium plant workers occupy fireworks factory to draw attention to their situation
Workers at US giant Alcoa's loss-making aluminum smelter in the Sardinian town of Portovesme on Tuesday occupied a nearby explosives factory to draw attention to 1,500 jobs at risk. "We went into the factory and asked its workers for solidarity, which we got amply from them and from the...
AEC & its Members to Promote Aluminum Extrusions at Solar Power International
The aluminum extrusion industry will be united in promoting the use of aluminum extrusions during Solar Power International at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, September 10-13, 2012. The Council and three member companies will be exhibiting at the show, sharing information...
Dubal wins top CSR accolade for its efforts towards sustainability
Dubai Aluminium (Dubal), a leading aluminium smelter, was recently awarded the Dubai Chamber 2012 CSR Label, which honours the company’s efforts towards sustainability. The accolade was presented at a dedicated ceremony hosted by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry Centre for Responsible...
Alcoa launches 'Pass the Can' Facebook app to boost recycling
Alcoa is encouraging aluminum can recycling through its new Facebook app, “Pass the Can.” Facebook users simply log on to the Pass the Can app, crush a can and then pass the can to a friend. Once the can is passed to a friend, the Alcoa Foundation will donate $1, up to $75,000, to help support...
Orbite to produce high purity alumina from fly ash
Orbite Aluminae today announced that, based on its patented clean technology for producing alumina, the Company has successfully developed process parameters and a final design for the production of alumina (smelter-grade or high-purity) using fly ash which is created during coal combustion. This...
